CursorFX is a utility which allows you to have much more flexibility in the cursors
you use to interact with Windows. CursorFX users can create and use cursors that
look and feel far superior to anything you've ever seen before! Best of all, it's
really easy to create your own super-charged cursors!

DesktopX is a program that lets users build their own desktops. It does this by
giving users access to desktop objects. These objects can come in all sizes and
shapes. They can have scripts attached to them, they can be combined together to
form mini applications or turned into an entire desktop.

Publisher:

Stardock Corporation

Developer:

Stardock Corporation

Stardock DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on
their Windows 8, Windows 7, XP or Vista desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper,
dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.

IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows
icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains
icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC.

Icons

Icons for applications and folders.

LogonStudio is a free program that allows users to change their Windows 7, Vista
and XP logon screens. It comes with several logon screens to choose from, along
with thousands that are available online.

ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs
and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs
and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

Show off your favorite desktop configuration by uploading a screenshot of your desktop!

SoundPackager brings customization of your auditory experience to Object Desktop!
Users can now choose from "sound packages" to enhance their Windows desktop
experience. Over 30 different system sounds are supported; unique new Stardock Design
sound packages are included with the package.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Theme Manager is a program that changes the look and feel of the entire Windows
environment. It works by talking to existing desktop enhancement programs and then
applying a MyColors or Suite file. In short, Theme Manager is a front-end to other
desktop enhancement programs to simplify the user experience.

WindowBlinds changes the look and feel of your Windows desktop by applying visual
styles to your entire Windows environment. When a visual style is applied, they
change nearly every elements of the Windows GUI such as title bars, push buttons,
the Start bar, menu and more.

View Gallery List

View a list of all of the different galleries available in WinCustomize, which you
can then browse individually.

Explore All

Explore all available galleries on WinCustomize.

Customize This Menu

This option is only available for subscribers of WinCustomize. If you are a subscriber
it will allow you to select which categories you would like to see in this menu
from a list of all galleries available on the site. This information will be stored
on your account for all your future visits.

I don't have to understand the bit with renaming the files (insert emoticon for puzzled look here); all I need to do, really, is simply to remember that that's how a lot of skinners do it. It's a work-around for something but I don't know exactly what for.

Yes, this is one of the more beautifully animated cursors I've seen.

We did some animation when we were teenagers, with a Super-8 camera (the film kind, not the later videotape kind). We had been very impressed by the Tournee de Animation circa 1970, and I, by this one specific work in it, which has since colored the very essence of my self-expression in many ways. It takes a special eye to be able to pull off a successful animation, and you have what it takes (also the patience, which goes without saying, in that you must experiment again and again and again till it comes out the way you imagine it.

The thing I think CursorXP really needs to be able to do, to make the cursor fully animatable (if you will), is enable an animation to loop all the way back to where it came from. For example, when resizing a window, your cursor assumes an entirely different shape. When it's done resizing, *Flick!* the cursor immediately assumes its default shape. It morphs to the desired shape, but it doesn't morph back. As far as I can see (and I could be wrong, here), this is a deficiency in CursorXP.

I predict that making CursorXP able to support coding that would allow an image to morph from a default image and then morph back to that default image would bring a whole new level of integrity to CursorXP (and to truly fancy animated cursors as a whole).

Thanks for this (the gold one). I'm going to be using this one for a while, I can tell.

The Cliff-Walking Fool (Having been on at least the sixth attempt to install Object Desktop when the install program suddenly asked for a web site log-in name!)

(Please forgive my pedantry, but I'm a retired technical writer. It's far better to say too much than it is to leave out a crucial step thinking that "everybody know THIS"!!)

1. Click the "Download" button at the top of this page and download the file. It will be named: Reliccursors.CurXPTheme Then choose Save to Disk. Remember which folder you saved it in.

2. Find the file you downloaded and RENAME it from Reliccursors.CurXPTheme to Reliccursors.ZIP IMPORTANT! Leave the file like this! Do not rename it back to its original name!

3. Open your new .ZIP archive file (now called "Reliccursors.ZIP") using a ZIP utility, such as Windows XP Explorer, WinZIP, WinRAR, or the little Zip utility you can get from Stardock. (I forget what it's called or even how to get it. Hopefully one of the other readers will tell us.)

4. In this ZIP archive file, you will see two CursorXP Theme files: Gold relic.CurXPTheme and Silver relic.CurXPTheme

The confusion lies in the fact that in order to post the .ZIP archive file, he had to rename it using the very same extension (.CurXPTheme) that we use to name CursorXP Themes! What you download and what you install are two different kinds of files that just happen to have the same extension.

5a. "Plan A": EXTRACT the two CursorXP Theme files to the directory where you store your downloaded CursorXP Themes, and then double-click and RUN the two files. This will install both cursor themes.

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5b. "Plan B": Install the cursor themes by double-clicking and running the two files directly from the .ZIP archive file. Some systems do not allow this: the Windows-XP .ZIP support allows it, so does WinZIP.

I hope this helps. Let us know either way, okay?

TIP: Most (but not all) Stardock Theme files are themselves renamed .ZIP archive files. If you take a real .CurXPTheme file (one that installs when you double-click it) such as: Gold relic.CurXPTheme and if you rename it to the .ZIP extension, you can open it up it up in a .Zip utility and then examine the .PNG graphics files that lgp85 used to build the animation!

Hey thanks a million!Taking me step by step helped so much.It worked!Thank you for taking the time to help me figure out how to rename this cursor and where to put it.Subliminal Visions,Thank you for the link.I will use it for future use.